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Personal info

Full name
MC INTYRE, Roemer Jr
Date of birth
2 April 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35917518
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
343rd Infantry Regiment,
86th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 21 1

Immediate family

Members
Roemer McIntyre (father)
Elsie McIntyre (mother)
Jean A. McIntyre (sister)

More information

Sgt Roemer McIntyre graduated from Lakewood High School and attended Kenyon College. He worked in the automobile manufacturing.
He enlisted on 29 September 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio and went overseas as a member of a communications unit attached to the 343rd Infantry. He was overseas less than two months when he wrote home that he was homesick.

The Silver Star citation in part states: "On April 14, 1945, when he was menaced by a sniper firing from a high cliff, Sgt. McIntyre, of his own volition, set out to locate the enemy soldier. As he approached the source of the rifle fire, he was wounded by the determined sniper. Rising to his feet, Sgt. McIntyre although suffering intense pain, doggedly pressed forward. Two more bullets entered his body and he fell mortally wounded."

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / U.S.School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.fold3.com/page/2067_wwii_europe/stories/#6837/, http://www.lkwdpl.org - Lakewood [OH] War Dead, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Lakewood High School 1943, The Plain Dealer - 29 April 1945